Rotary NiTi Instrument Fracture and its Consequences

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1031-1043

  Parashos, Peter ^a   Messer, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture; instrument design; instrumentation protocols; rotary nickel titanium instruments

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; ROTATION;

DENTAL ALLOYS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; METALLURGY; NICKEL; PROGNOSIS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 33750008122     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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